SocialRiots: April 2008 Archives

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Apr30	Last post on SocialRiots Marshall Sponder April 30, 2008 Know More: Author Profile It was an interesting experiment to try to resurrect SocialRiots and blog about Social Media since February 08 for Know More Media - but ultimately, due to circumstances beyond my control - this particular blog didn't take off. This is the last post of mine on SocialRiots - but if you liked my content and read this blog - you can still find me online at The Analytics Guru, ArtNewYorkCity.com and Webmetricsguru.com. See you there! Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr29	SocialThumbs - sounds interesting Marshall Sponder April 29, 2008 Just kinda wondering if you can decide issues in your life by asking enough people? I mean, the idea would be to explain it well enough that people could understand and decide to vote up or down on any issue.But... Continue Reading Posted at 4:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr28	Presidential Widgets from Trackur Marshall Sponder April 28, 2008 I saw the Free Presidential Candidate News Widgets from Trackur.com that Andy Beal just set up and I had to laugh at some of the stories that are being picked up - like Fear of a white-house wife on Fussy Pitt... Continue Reading Posted at 11:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr27	Google Me - not sure how I feel about that one Marshall Sponder April 27, 2008 This blog will be retired (again) in a couple of days but I did want to put in a few more posts before that happens.There's a new movie out (at least, it's out on YouTube and CD) called Google Me... Continue Reading Posted at 9:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr25	Tweetup on 79th Street Boathouse Marshall Sponder April 25, 2008 No....it wasn't that kind of Tweetup - but it was a spontanous gathering of friends, Twitter Friends in Manhattan the other day/night - and you can see a video of some of our conversation on clear, warm spring like night... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr23	Plugged in Mood Rings from Emoodicon Marshall Sponder April 23, 2008 I was just thinking if your feeling a certain way but don't want to verbalize it - there's now a solution, according to B.L. Ochman (who I also happened to bump into at Caroline's Comedy Club the other night):Emoodicon -... Continue Reading Posted at 4:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr22	Dealing with Information Overload and Email Overload Marshall Sponder April 22, 2008 Found a very nice video on Information Overload with features Steve Rubel on the Brian Lehrer show.I think the point here is the Internet, itself, is polluted, and there's so much going on that is really about conversation. Marketing should... Continue Reading Posted at 4:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr20	US Lagging in Social Media according to a new global study of social media Marshall Sponder April 20, 2008 Surprising that for all the Social Media that goes on in the United States - the U.S. Lags in Social Media Creation, according to a Survey conducted by Universal McCann. Consumers in the U.S. and Western Europe are more likely... Continue Reading Posted at 3:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr19	Tweet Clouds Marshall Sponder April 19, 2008 I noticed this post about Tweet Clouds that has a pretty good comparision between Tweet Clouds and TweetStats.Which one do you like better? For me, it's Tweet Clouds, but I've never been able to get Tweet Cloud to work for... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr18	Social Media Rapp Marshall Sponder April 18, 2008 Well, I met this guy at SESNY (Chuck from Pop Labs) no more than a month or so ago, but I've admired his rap music on SEO/SEM and now, Social Media. Now what is he going to release a song... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr17	The Twhirl Twitter Seesmic desktop connection Marshall Sponder April 17, 2008 It seems that Social Media applications are becoming more intelligent and more desktop friendly as evidenced by Twhirl, Twitter, Friendfeed and Seesmic all working together - The Twitter/FriendFeed Desktop Client Arms Race Continues (from TechCrunch) and Loic Le Muir (who... Continue Reading Posted at 7:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr16	Publizing your dirty linen all over the internet - Tricia Walsh Smith Marshall Sponder April 16, 2008 I don't think anyone's marriage is perfect and I don't know who to feel more sorry for, the woman (Tricia Walsh Smith) in this video says she's being evicted by her rich husband (who she also keeps saying won't or... Continue Reading Posted at 1:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr15	Twitter Polls with PollDaddy Twitter Polling Marshall Sponder April 15, 2008 Just noticed that polling has come to Twitter and PollDaddy launched a new service called PollDaddy Twitter Polls that lets you set-up an online poll and send out a tweet that informs your followers about the new poll according to... Continue Reading Posted at 4:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr14	Facebook Notifications Are the New Spam Marshall Sponder April 14, 2008 Noticed recently I was getting posts to my FunWall in Facebook sent to my email - and when I responded and clicked a link to my Funwall, I usually saw a pornographic picture or animated gif - which was puzzling... Continue Reading Posted at 8:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr13	Auctioning off Twitter Accounts on EBay - Andrew Baron - Rocketboom Marshall Sponder April 13, 2008 Ironic that Andrew Baron's Twitter account is being auctioned off on EBay according to Blogger's Blog:"...Andrew Baron explains in the eBay listing the new owner of the Twitter can change the name to a new one - providing the new... Continue Reading Posted at 8:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr12	Funded Capitalism and the justification of it Marshall Sponder April 12, 2008 I suppose this in not in a direct way a post about Social Media, it's instead, a post about how certain views are exposed, in fact, taught in universities, not on their merit, or not, but because some rich donors... Continue Reading Posted at 9:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr11	Friendfeed data mining Marshall Sponder April 11, 2008 Noticed a post on How FriendFeed Can Teach You About Your Friends at Techipedia, by Tamar Weinberg (who I met several times recently at events in NYC):"FriendFeed has been out for just a few months and has already established itself... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr10	With nclüdr Everyone in the World is already your Friend Marshall Sponder April 10, 2008 Got a kick out of a post on Read/WriteWeb titled Privacy is Overrated: nclüdr Makes Everyone Friends which is soposed to be the easiest social network you don't have to join because you already belong to it:"..With nclüdr, everyone is... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 9	Social Media as explained by Barack Obama Marshall Sponder April 9, 2008 I found this clip on YouTube on Barack Obama's Social Media Philosophy (care of Smartmobs.com - Barack Obama on social media in his campaign) that makes interesting viewing - the main point being that Obama could afford to spend campaign... Continue Reading Posted at 5:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Social Networking's Dark Side - Polluting the Web Marshall Sponder April 9, 2008 It's too bad that a good thing like Social Networkng can also be a bad thing when there's too much of it - or when there's no real message and advertisers/marketers just pollute the web with messages no one really... Continue Reading Posted at 4:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 7	Trusting your online friends more than online A List Influencers Marshall Sponder April 7, 2008 Interesting study that tells us that you trust someone you know online vs. well known A-List influencers from a post in Micro Persuasion titled Trust in Peers Trumps the "A-List," Study Finds"..people who engage in social networks and communities put... Continue Reading Posted at 1:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Origin of Facebook shows some embarrassing details Marshall Sponder April 7, 2008 Noticed this article about Facebook's real origins The Facebook Files in 02138 Magazine and today's NYT has an article on Facebook to Settle Lawsuit Over Its OriginsShould be interesting to hear about the details of the settlement and what was... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 6	Good People Day - April 3rd 08 - too bad I saw the video on April 6th Marshall Sponder April 6, 2008 I'm liking April 3rd 2008 is “GOOD PEOPLE DAY” Pass it on Gary Vaynerchuk's blog - the only thing was I just saw the video today (Sunday evening, April 6th) while the intended action was to take place on April... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Virtual Worlds 08 Blogger Social 08 Brief Recap Marshall Sponder April 6, 2008 I made a movie of Virtual Worlds 2008 and Blogger Social 08 recap -it's not that long and leaves out some stuff but captures other things I thought were interesting.Problem is I didn't film enough - and maybe if I... Continue Reading Posted at 11:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 3	Seesmic + Twitter Twhirl Marshall Sponder April 3, 2008 've been using Seesmic on and off since LeWeb3 in Paris last year - and I know that improvements have been made to Seesmic on an almost weekly basis - but this is the first time I've heard of Seesmic... Continue Reading Posted at 11:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 2	GoogleSkyped - is it in our future? Marshall Sponder April 2, 2008 According to TechCrunch a Google/Skype Acquisition or Partnership might be Imminent. "..Actually, for weeks now there have been low level rumors of the two companies talking, but nailing down any details was difficult. New information, however, suggests that they are... Continue Reading Posted at 11:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 1	Chatting it up with Facebook Marshall Sponder April 1, 2008 For heavy users of Facebook, having Instant Messaging integrated with Facebook is going to bring about a revolution - especially for people with larger number of friends - I think I'm getting close to 350 friends right now - and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Apr30	Last post on SocialRiots Marshall Sponder April 30, 2008 Know More: Author Profile It was an interesting experiment to try to resurrect SocialRiots and blog about Social Media since February 08 for Know More Media - but ultimately, due to circumstances beyond my control - this particular blog didn't take off. This is the last post of mine on SocialRiots - but if you liked my content and read this blog - you can still find me online at The Analytics Guru, ArtNewYorkCity.com and Webmetricsguru.com. See you there! Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr29	SocialThumbs - sounds interesting Marshall Sponder April 29, 2008 Just kinda wondering if you can decide issues in your life by asking enough people? I mean, the idea would be to explain it well enough that people could understand and decide to vote up or down on any issue.But... Continue Reading Posted at 4:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr28	Presidential Widgets from Trackur Marshall Sponder April 28, 2008 I saw the Free Presidential Candidate News Widgets from Trackur.com that Andy Beal just set up and I had to laugh at some of the stories that are being picked up - like Fear of a white-house wife on Fussy Pitt... Continue Reading Posted at 11:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr27	Google Me - not sure how I feel about that one Marshall Sponder April 27, 2008 This blog will be retired (again) in a couple of days but I did want to put in a few more posts before that happens.There's a new movie out (at least, it's out on YouTube and CD) called Google Me... Continue Reading Posted at 9:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr25	Tweetup on 79th Street Boathouse Marshall Sponder April 25, 2008 No....it wasn't that kind of Tweetup - but it was a spontanous gathering of friends, Twitter Friends in Manhattan the other day/night - and you can see a video of some of our conversation on clear, warm spring like night... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr23	Plugged in Mood Rings from Emoodicon Marshall Sponder April 23, 2008 I was just thinking if your feeling a certain way but don't want to verbalize it - there's now a solution, according to B.L. Ochman (who I also happened to bump into at Caroline's Comedy Club the other night):Emoodicon -... Continue Reading Posted at 4:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr22	Dealing with Information Overload and Email Overload Marshall Sponder April 22, 2008 Found a very nice video on Information Overload with features Steve Rubel on the Brian Lehrer show.I think the point here is the Internet, itself, is polluted, and there's so much going on that is really about conversation. Marketing should... Continue Reading Posted at 4:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr20	US Lagging in Social Media according to a new global study of social media Marshall Sponder April 20, 2008 Surprising that for all the Social Media that goes on in the United States - the U.S. Lags in Social Media Creation, according to a Survey conducted by Universal McCann. Consumers in the U.S. and Western Europe are more likely... Continue Reading Posted at 3:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr19	Tweet Clouds Marshall Sponder April 19, 2008 I noticed this post about Tweet Clouds that has a pretty good comparision between Tweet Clouds and TweetStats.Which one do you like better? For me, it's Tweet Clouds, but I've never been able to get Tweet Cloud to work for... Continue Reading Posted at 8:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr18	Social Media Rapp Marshall Sponder April 18, 2008 Well, I met this guy at SESNY (Chuck from Pop Labs) no more than a month or so ago, but I've admired his rap music on SEO/SEM and now, Social Media. Now what is he going to release a song... Continue Reading Posted at 3:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr17	The Twhirl Twitter Seesmic desktop connection Marshall Sponder April 17, 2008 It seems that Social Media applications are becoming more intelligent and more desktop friendly as evidenced by Twhirl, Twitter, Friendfeed and Seesmic all working together - The Twitter/FriendFeed Desktop Client Arms Race Continues (from TechCrunch) and Loic Le Muir (who... Continue Reading Posted at 7:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr16	Publizing your dirty linen all over the internet - Tricia Walsh Smith Marshall Sponder April 16, 2008 I don't think anyone's marriage is perfect and I don't know who to feel more sorry for, the woman (Tricia Walsh Smith) in this video says she's being evicted by her rich husband (who she also keeps saying won't or... Continue Reading Posted at 1:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr15	Twitter Polls with PollDaddy Twitter Polling Marshall Sponder April 15, 2008 Just noticed that polling has come to Twitter and PollDaddy launched a new service called PollDaddy Twitter Polls that lets you set-up an online poll and send out a tweet that informs your followers about the new poll according to... Continue Reading Posted at 4:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr14	Facebook Notifications Are the New Spam Marshall Sponder April 14, 2008 Noticed recently I was getting posts to my FunWall in Facebook sent to my email - and when I responded and clicked a link to my Funwall, I usually saw a pornographic picture or animated gif - which was puzzling... Continue Reading Posted at 8:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr13	Auctioning off Twitter Accounts on EBay - Andrew Baron - Rocketboom Marshall Sponder April 13, 2008 Ironic that Andrew Baron's Twitter account is being auctioned off on EBay according to Blogger's Blog:"...Andrew Baron explains in the eBay listing the new owner of the Twitter can change the name to a new one - providing the new... Continue Reading Posted at 8:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr12	Funded Capitalism and the justification of it Marshall Sponder April 12, 2008 I suppose this in not in a direct way a post about Social Media, it's instead, a post about how certain views are exposed, in fact, taught in universities, not on their merit, or not, but because some rich donors... Continue Reading Posted at 9:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr11	Friendfeed data mining Marshall Sponder April 11, 2008 Noticed a post on How FriendFeed Can Teach You About Your Friends at Techipedia, by Tamar Weinberg (who I met several times recently at events in NYC):"FriendFeed has been out for just a few months and has already established itself... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr10	With nclüdr Everyone in the World is already your Friend Marshall Sponder April 10, 2008 Got a kick out of a post on Read/WriteWeb titled Privacy is Overrated: nclüdr Makes Everyone Friends which is soposed to be the easiest social network you don't have to join because you already belong to it:"..With nclüdr, everyone is... Continue Reading Posted at 8:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 9	Social Media as explained by Barack Obama Marshall Sponder April 9, 2008 I found this clip on YouTube on Barack Obama's Social Media Philosophy (care of Smartmobs.com - Barack Obama on social media in his campaign) that makes interesting viewing - the main point being that Obama could afford to spend campaign... Continue Reading Posted at 5:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Social Networking's Dark Side - Polluting the Web Marshall Sponder April 9, 2008 It's too bad that a good thing like Social Networkng can also be a bad thing when there's too much of it - or when there's no real message and advertisers/marketers just pollute the web with messages no one really... Continue Reading Posted at 4:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 7	Trusting your online friends more than online A List Influencers Marshall Sponder April 7, 2008 Interesting study that tells us that you trust someone you know online vs. well known A-List influencers from a post in Micro Persuasion titled Trust in Peers Trumps the "A-List," Study Finds"..people who engage in social networks and communities put... Continue Reading Posted at 1:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Origin of Facebook shows some embarrassing details Marshall Sponder April 7, 2008 Noticed this article about Facebook's real origins The Facebook Files in 02138 Magazine and today's NYT has an article on Facebook to Settle Lawsuit Over Its OriginsShould be interesting to hear about the details of the settlement and what was... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 6	Good People Day - April 3rd 08 - too bad I saw the video on April 6th Marshall Sponder April 6, 2008 I'm liking April 3rd 2008 is “GOOD PEOPLE DAY” Pass it on Gary Vaynerchuk's blog - the only thing was I just saw the video today (Sunday evening, April 6th) while the intended action was to take place on April... Continue Reading Posted at 5:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Virtual Worlds 08 Blogger Social 08 Brief Recap Marshall Sponder April 6, 2008 I made a movie of Virtual Worlds 2008 and Blogger Social 08 recap -it's not that long and leaves out some stuff but captures other things I thought were interesting.Problem is I didn't film enough - and maybe if I... Continue Reading Posted at 11:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 3	Seesmic + Twitter Twhirl Marshall Sponder April 3, 2008 've been using Seesmic on and off since LeWeb3 in Paris last year - and I know that improvements have been made to Seesmic on an almost weekly basis - but this is the first time I've heard of Seesmic... Continue Reading Posted at 11:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 2	GoogleSkyped - is it in our future? Marshall Sponder April 2, 2008 According to TechCrunch a Google/Skype Acquisition or Partnership might be Imminent. "..Actually, for weeks now there have been low level rumors of the two companies talking, but nailing down any details was difficult. New information, however, suggests that they are... Continue Reading Posted at 11:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Apr 1	Chatting it up with Facebook Marshall Sponder April 1, 2008 For heavy users of Facebook, having Instant Messaging integrated with Facebook is going to bring about a revolution - especially for people with larger number of friends - I think I'm getting close to 350 friends right now - and... Continue Reading Posted at 3:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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